So Long, Marianne (TV series)

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So Long, Marianne
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  • Canada
  • Norway
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So Long, Marianne is a Canadian-Norwegian romantic drama television series, slated to premiere in 2024. The series is a dramatization of the 1960s romance between Canadian writer and musician Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, the Norwegian woman who inspired Cohen's song "So Long, Marianne".[1]

The series stars Alex Wolff as Cohen and Thea Sofie Loch Næss as Ihlen,[1] as well as Anna Torv as Charmian Clift, Noah Taylor as George Johnston, and Peter Stormare as Irving Layton.[2]

The supporting cast includes Macha Grenon as Cohen's mother, Éric Bruneau as Cohen's cousin Robert Hershorn, and Kim Lévesque Lizotte as Monique Mercure, as well as Robin L'Houmeau, Raphael Grosz-Harvey, Miranda Calderon, Tatiana Latreille, Ryan Bommarito, Emily Lê, Frank Fontaine, Christina Bennington, Megan Jonker, Sonia Berube, Rob Stewart, Chip Chuipka, Howard Bilerman, Avi Bendahan and Patrick Watson in supporting roles.[2]

A co-production of Norway's NRK and Canada's Crave, the series entered production in spring 2023, with shooting in Montreal, Oslo and the Greek island of Hydra.[3]

The series is slated to screen in competition at the Series Mania television festival,[4] with its broadcast premiere date still to be announced.

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